When JLR opened their factory in China they stated that it would be used for building parts and cars for the Chinese market and under no circumstances would those cars/ parts be exported............... Well, it seems that due to the downturn of sales in China LR is to start importing complete Ingenium engines from China shortly according to some of the motoring press this week. I bet the workers in China aren’t earning 1/10th of a worker in the Wolverhampton engine factory but you can bet your bottom dollar prices in Europe won’t fall because of the reduced engine costs........ 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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& I bet they blame it on Brexit.

Andy Andy.
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Brexit will be blamed when the UK market for overpriced 4x4 dries up. And that will be fair blame. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Considering China makes a lot of our every day items it may not be a completely bad thing. They make a lot of branded items under contract and then sell the same item without the brand name for a lot less money on the likes of eBay and Ali Express. Imagine if they produced a 3.0 SDV6 crank to the same spec as the JLR contract items but sell it for a few hundred pounds. No need to purchase a whole new engine. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
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The more that gets produced overseas and shipped to the UK is good for my employment as I command the big containerships that carry the bits from China / USA and Asia to Europe. i’ll Be kept employed when the engine plants in the UK stop manufacturing and only put completed engines into cars, someone has to bring them here from Asia! As mentioned in another post, JLR’s retrenchment in the Midlands has meant difficult times for his property letting business because they aren’t employing as many temporary people in the developement and research parts of the company here. We also loose skilled labour and end up only being a nation of unskilled pneumatic screwdriver and wrench drivers......... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

well, at least if the Chinese are making SDV6s cheap, you can buy a couple for when the crank breaks  --
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Brit Plumber wrote:

Imagine if they produced a 3.0 SDV6 crank to the same spec as the JLR contract items but sell it for a few hundred pounds. No need to purchase a whole new engine.

I remember chatting with my indie last year about cranks. He said that he'd had a chat with a Chinese company about cranks and they were up for it - problem is that he had to order several thousand!  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Tim in Scotland wrote:

end up only being a nation of unskilled pneumatic screwdriver and wrench drivers.........

Otherwise known as Land Rover Dealership "Technicians"  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed